BIDA  , a See also:

• TOWN

town and administrative See also:

• DISTRICT

district in the See also:

• BRITISH

British See also:

• PROTECTORATE

protectorate of See also:

• NORTHERN

Northern See also:

• NIGERIA

Nigeria . Bida town, situated in 9° 5' N., 6° E., 25 M . N. by E. of Muraji on the See also:

• NIGER
• NIGER, GAIUS PESCENNIUS

Niger, is the See also:

• CAPITAL (i.e. capital stock or fund)
• CAPITAL (Lat. caput, head)

capital of the See also:

• PROVINCE
• PROVINCE (Lat. provincia; perhaps a contraction of providentia)

province of See also:

• NUPE

Nupe . It was founded in 1859 when See also:

• FULA (FULBE, FELLATAH or PEULS)

Fula See also:

• RULE

rule was established in Nupe, is walled and of considerable See also:

• SIZE

size . In 1909 it was connected by railway with Baro, 40 M . S.S.E., the See also:

• RIVER

river See also:

• TERMINUS

terminus of the Northern Nigeria railway . The inhabitants, mostly See also:

• HAUSA

Hausa, carry on an extensive See also:

• TRADE (O. Eng. trod, footstep, from tredan, to tread; in M. Eng. the forms teed, trod and trade appear, the last in the sense of a beaten track)
• TRADE, BOARD OF

trade and are especially noted for their embossed See also:

• BRASS
• BRASS (O. Eng. braes)

brass and See also:

• COPPER (symbol Cu, atomic weight 63.1, H=1, or 63.6, O = 16)

copper See also:

• WORK

work . The Bida goblets, in which brass and copper are beautifully blended, are of extremely elegant See also:

• DESIGN (Fr. desiin, drawing; Lat. designare, to mark out)

design . The town also boasts a See also:

• GLASS
• GLASS (O.E. glees, cf. Ger. Glas, perhaps derived from an old Teutonic root gla-, a variant of glo-, having the general sense of shining, cf. " glare," " glow ")
• GLASS, STAINED

glass factory . The preparation of See also:

• INDIGO (earlier indico, from Lat. indicum, the Indian sub-stance or dye; the Sans. name was niti, from nila, dark blue, and this through Arab. al-nil, annil, gives " aniline ")

indigo and the See also:

• DYEING (0. Eng. dedgian, dealt ; Mid. Eng. deyen)

dyeing of cloths are other flourishing See also:

• INDUSTRIES

industries . The streets are planted with huge shade-trees, so that as Bida is approached it looks like a See also:

• FOREST

forest . In 1897 there was a two-days' fight outside the walls of Bida between the forces of the emir of Nupe and those of the Royal Niger See also:

• COMPANY

Company, ending in the defeat of the Fula See also:

• ARMY
• ARMY (from Fr. armee, Lat. armata)

army (mostly See also:

• CAVALRY (Fr. cavalerie, Ger. Kavallerie or Reiterei, derived ultimately from late Lat. caballus, horse)

cavalry) .

The victory was not followed at the See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time by a British occupation, and the defeated See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king returned after the withdrawal of the company's troops and re-established himself upon the See also:

• THRONE

throne . In 'goo he allied himself with other hostile chiefs and adopted an openly antagonistic attitude to the British See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government . In 1901 it became necessary for British troops to See also:

• MARCH
• MARCH (1) (from Fr. marcher, to walk; the earliest sense in French appears to be " to trample," and the origin has usually been found in the Lat. marcus, hammer; Low Lat. marcare, to hammer; hence to beat the road with the regular tread of a soldier: cf.
• MARCH, AUZIAS (c. "1395-1458)
• MARCH, EARLS OF
• MARCH, FRANCIS ANDREW (1825– )

march on Bida . The emir fled, without fighting, to See also:

• KANO

Kano . Another emir was appointed in his See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place, and the province of Nupe was placed under British administrative See also:

• CONTROL (Fr. contrdle, older form contre rolle, from Med. Lat. contra-rotulus, a counter roll or copy of a document used to check the original; there is no instance in English of the use of " control " in this, its literal, meaning)

control . Since that date the town has been peaceful and very prosperous . A See also:

• MISSION

mission school has been established, and is attended by the sons of the emir and of the See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal chiefs, who are desirous of learning to read and. write See also:

• ENGLISH

English . The administrative district of Bida includes the town and is the western See also:

• DIVISION (from Lat. dividere, to break up into parts, separate)

division of the province of Nupe (q.v.) .